Mike Snider Readshttp://www.mikesnider.org/index.htmlPoems Out Loudenmandolin@mac.comCreative Commons2010-09-19T22:58:43-04:00hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00Fri, 7 Feb 2014 13:24:27 -0500Mike SniderMike Snider Readsmandolin@mikesnider.orgformal poetry sonnet poempoems out loudOriginal poetry, mostly metrical, including fairly frequent sonnetsStella's Song, the Songmandolin@mac.comSong2010-09-19T22:58:43-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stellas_song_the_song.php#unique-entry-id-109http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stellas_song_the_song.php#unique-entry-id-109Stella’s Song, in Krys Baker’s setting, performed by Fractal Folk]]>Mike SniderKrys Baker set this poem of mine for our band, Fractal FolkStarsmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-09-06T20:27:40-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stars.php#unique-entry-id-108http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stars.php#unique-entry-id-108Other Voices]]>Mike SnidersonnetJoni Mitchell sang it: "We are stardust."Sinner in the Hands of an Angry Godmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-08-29T19:42:13-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_sinner.php#unique-entry-id-107http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_sinner.php#unique-entry-id-107Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God]]>Mike Snidersonnet power, surrender, love, and worshipSome Strangermandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-08-28T20:12:22-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_some_stranger.php#unique-entry-id-106http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_some_stranger.php#unique-entry-id-106Some Stranger]]>Mike Snidersonneta close encounter with ... an angel?Mysterious Waysmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-08-15T19:55:51-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_mysterious_ways.php#unique-entry-id-105http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_mysterious_ways.php#unique-entry-id-105Mike Snidersonnetfaith is mysterious to meJust Call Me Frankmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerPetrarchan SonnetOther Voices2010-08-14T20:00:47-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_just_call_me_frank.php#unique-entry-id-104http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_just_call_me_frank.php#unique-entry-id-104Mike SnidersonnetThe isn't always what we remember it to have been.Succubusmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-08-05T20:49:10-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_succubus.php#unique-entry-id-103http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_succubus.php#unique-entry-id-103Mike SnidersonnetThis fellow's lost - the wrong guide has found himPutting Clothes Awaymandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-31T19:39:28-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_putting_clothes_away.php#unique-entry-id-102http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_putting_clothes_away.php#unique-entry-id-102Mike SnidersonnetShe reminds him there's work to do before their playtimeFirst and Last Timemandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerPetrarchan SonnetOther Voices2010-07-28T21:36:05-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_first_and_last_time.php#unique-entry-id-101http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_first_and_last_time.php#unique-entry-id-101Mike Snidera very tough conversationFilets de Poisson Mornaymandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-19T20:27:26-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_poissn_mornay.php#unique-entry-id-100http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_poissn_mornay.php#unique-entry-id-100Mike Snidersonneta little heat in the kitchenGorilla Gluemandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-15T17:34:01-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_gorilla_glue.php#unique-entry-id-99http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_gorilla_glue.php#unique-entry-id-99Mike SniderThe National Geographic inspires a sonnet ...Got a Minute?mandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-11T21:37:47-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_got_a_minute.php#unique-entry-id-98http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_got_a_minute.php#unique-entry-id-98Mike Snidersonnetpillow talkOncemandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-10T14:41:29-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_once.php#unique-entry-id-97http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_once.php#unique-entry-id-97Mike Snidersonneta sonnet with an intimate conversation ...The Fallmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-09T16:21:13-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_the_fall.php#unique-entry-id-96http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_the_fall.php#unique-entry-id-96Mike SnidersonnetA sonnet from Other Voices - remembered conversationsToo Late Nowmandolin@mac.comSonnetSonneteerOther Voices2010-07-08T15:04:17-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_too_late_now.php#unique-entry-id-95http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_too_late_now.php#unique-entry-id-95Mike SnicersonnetBorn Againmandolin@mac.comSonnetOther VoicesSonneteer2010-07-04T21:24:20-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_born_again.php#unique-entry-id-94http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_born_again.php#unique-entry-id-94Mike Snidersonnetnot quite coming of agePetulant Musemandolin@mac.comSonnetOther VoicesSonneteer2010-07-03T15:56:01-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voice_petulant_muse.php#unique-entry-id-93http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voice_petulant_muse.php#unique-entry-id-93Mike Snidersonnetthe muse has second thoughts about ambitionAll Summer Longmandolin@mac.comRoundelOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-07-01T22:59:49-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_all_summer_long.php#unique-entry-id-92http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_all_summer_long.php#unique-entry-id-92Mike Snidera roundel with a mockingbirdStella's Songmandolin@mac.comNonceOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-07-01T22:12:46-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stellas_song.php#unique-entry-id-91http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_stellas_song.php#unique-entry-id-91Mike Sniderlast song of the lost sister of the PleiadesActaeon Still, on 2nd Stmandolin@mac.comOther Voicesfree verseArse Poetica2010-06-30T21:14:38-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_actaeon_still.php#unique-entry-id-89http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_actaeon_still.php#unique-entry-id-89Actaeon Still, on 2nd St]]>Mike Sniderfree verse, but Krys Baker set it for Fractal FolkI Know I'm Getting Stiffmandolin@mac.comOther VoicesVillanelleArse Poetica2010-06-29T22:41:59-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_i_know_im_getting_stiff.php#unique-entry-id-88http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_i_know_im_getting_stiff.php#unique-entry-id-88I Know I’m Getting Stiff]]>Mike SniderContext is everythingWinter Villanellemandolin@mac.comVillanelleOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-28T21:02:52-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_winter_villanelle.php#unique-entry-id-87http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_winter_villanelle.php#unique-entry-id-87Winter Villanelle]]>Mike Snidervillanellehe misses summer like I miss winter right nowDancing Lessonmandolin@mac.comOther VoicesNonceArse Poetica2010-06-27T16:50:33-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_dancing_lesson.php#unique-entry-id-86http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_dancing_lesson.php#unique-entry-id-86Dancing Lesson.]]>Mike Sniderfrom the first section, "Arse Poetics," of my mss, "Other Voices"Long Distancemandolin@mac.comTerza RimaOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-23T21:09:03-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_long_distance.php#unique-entry-id-85http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_long_distance.php#unique-entry-id-85Long Distance love is hard.]]>Mike Snidera conversation in terza rima between two separated loversInterviewingmandolin@mac.comOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-22T21:36:06-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_interviewing.php#unique-entry-id-84http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_interviewing.php#unique-entry-id-84Interviewing for a job never gets better.]]>Mike Sniderjob hunting sucksFinancial Analysismandolin@mac.comOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-21T21:04:19-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_financial_analysis.php#unique-entry-id-83http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_financial_analysis.php#unique-entry-id-83Financial Analysis.]]>Mike Sniderthe relevance of Oedipus in the global crashA Stratagemmandolin@mac.comTriple MeterOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-20T23:11:53-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_a_stratagem.php#unique-entry-id-82http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_a_stratagem.php#unique-entry-id-82A Stratagem]]>Mike Snidersome folks think they're smarter than everybody elseThree Months Inmandolin@mac.comOvillejoOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-19T16:43:55-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other%20Voices_Three_Months_In.php#unique-entry-id-81http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other%20Voices_Three_Months_In.php#unique-entry-id-81Three Months In, a skeptical ovillejo.]]>Mike Sniderovillejojust what does forever mean?Read, Read, Talk, Talkmandolin@mac.comNonceOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-18T20:30:56-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_read_read_talk_talk.php#unique-entry-id-80http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_read_read_talk_talk.php#unique-entry-id-80Read, Read, Talk, Talk]]>Mike SniderpoetrySlightly Naughty Bluegrass Pantoummandolin@mac.comPantoumOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-17T22:00:56-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_slightly_naughty_bluegrass_pantoum.php#unique-entry-id-79http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_slightly_naughty_bluegrass_pantoum.php#unique-entry-id-79Other Voices: Slightly Naughty Bluegrass Pantoum]]>Arse Poeticamandolin@mac.comAwdl GywyddOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-16T22:23:32-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_arse_poetica.php#unique-entry-id-78http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_arse_poetica.php#unique-entry-id-78Other Voices: Arse Poetica]]>Other Voicesmandolin@mac.comrubliwOther VoicesArse Poetica2010-06-15T20:48:07-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_dear_lee.php#unique-entry-id-77http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/other_voices_dear_lee.php#unique-entry-id-77Other Voices, the book mss I'm shopping around: Dear Lee, the Invocation to Other Voices]]>Mike SniderOther Voicesfirst poem in mss Other VoicSome Reasons Whymandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-10-06T20:32:12-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/some_reasons_why.php#unique-entry-id-76http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/some_reasons_why.php#unique-entry-id-76Mike Snidersonnet petrarchan poetry poemlies, as usual - but my first sonnet in monthsComing to Attentionmandolin@mac.comNonce2009-08-09T20:55:46-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/coming_to_attention.php#unique-entry-id-75http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/coming_to_attention.php#unique-entry-id-75It’s late, but I’m reporting for duty]]>Mike Snidernonce form, octaveI've been neglecting the Muse and my museWhat Poets Dream They Sing Alonemandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-05-29T20:21:54-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/what_poets_dream.php#unique-entry-id-74http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/what_poets_dream.php#unique-entry-id-74triolet for Google’s Wave: What Poets Dream]]>Mike Sniderpoetry triolet metrical rhymeA triolet for Google's WaveSonnets for My Stepdaughtersmandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-05-15T10:23:18-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sonnets_for_my_stepdaughters.php#unique-entry-id-73http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sonnets_for_my_stepdaughters.php#unique-entry-id-73A pair of older sonnets, written for stepdaughters]]>Mike Snidersonet poem poetry metrical pentameterSonnets for my stepduaghtersThe Gardener's Two Mindsmandolin@mac.comNonce2009-05-08T23:38:59-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/the_gardeners_two_minds.php#unique-entry-id-72http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/the_gardeners_two_minds.php#unique-entry-id-72A gardener almost has a fit about the weather.]]>Mike Sniderpoetry, rhyme, metrical, couplets, trimetergardening and the weatherHelp Me Out, Heremandolin@mac.comTriple Meter2009-05-03T21:23:43-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_stratagem.php#unique-entry-id-71http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_stratagem.php#unique-entry-id-71Mike Sniderpoetry, metrical, light verseA StrategemVote for your favorite ending to this poem!For Oncemandolin@mac.comPetrarchan SonnetSonnet2009-04-30T23:24:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/for_once.php#unique-entry-id-70http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/for_once.php#unique-entry-id-70I found this sentence in “Love,” by Lauren Slater, in the February 2006 National Geographic:“A good sex life can be as strong as Gorilla Glue, but who wants that stuff on your skin?” I had to make a poem for it.]]>Mike Sniderpoetry, sonnet, metricalFrom I sentence I found in National GeographicWake Memandolin@mac.comRoundel2009-04-25T20:59:43-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wake_me.php#unique-entry-id-69http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wake_me.php#unique-entry-id-69Mike Sniderpoem, roundel, metrical, rhymea note to a lover coming home lateLike Kingdom Comemandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-04-13T18:58:37-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/like_kingdom_come.php#unique-entry-id-68http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/like_kingdom_come.php#unique-entry-id-68Mike Snidersonnet poem poetry metricalA bit if memento mori while watching the dancers at a hospice benefit.Bad Timingmandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-04-05T00:15:41-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/bad_timing.php#unique-entry-id-67http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/bad_timing.php#unique-entry-id-67Mike Sniderpoetry triolet metrical napowrimoHe should have called first,How Long Before You'd Leavemandolin@mac.comOvillejo2009-04-03T19:52:31-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/how_long_before_youd_leave.php#unique-entry-id-66http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/how_long_before_youd_leave.php#unique-entry-id-66An ovillejo for April 3rd 2009 ]]>Mike Sniderpoetry ovillejo napowrimoI'm an April Fool after allNot a NaPoWriMo Sonnetmandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-04-02T21:59:06-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/hatshepsuts_tooth.php#unique-entry-id-65http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/hatshepsuts_tooth.php#unique-entry-id-65Mike SnidersonnetI'm not promising 30 poems this month ... No Sirree!A Little Gracemandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-03-20T09:11:16-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_little_grace.php#unique-entry-id-64http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_little_grace.php#unique-entry-id-64Mike Snidersonnet rhyme pentameter poem poetrygod and grace and sex at church campRondeau: You're All I Needmandolin@mac.comRondeau2009-03-15T10:29:30-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/youre_all_i_need.php#unique-entry-id-63http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/youre_all_i_need.php#unique-entry-id-63“You’re All I Need”.]]>Mike Sniderpoem rondeau refrain metricalA lover's bedside note to his absent loveWeekly Sonnet 2009: "Got a Minute?"mandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-03-06T10:32:37-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/got_a_minute.php#unique-entry-id-62http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/got_a_minute.php#unique-entry-id-62Mike Snidersonnet, poem, rhyme, metertwo lovers indulge in afternoon delightsThe Vedanta in Ottava Rima, a Fragmentmandolin@mac.comOttava RimaThe Vedanta2009-02-28T15:08:45-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/vedanta_ottava_rima_fragment.php#unique-entry-id-61http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/vedanta_ottava_rima_fragment.php#unique-entry-id-61The opening of Canto I from my unfinished ghost story / murder-mystery. “The Vedanta” is the name of a bar in the story.]]>Mike Snidera fragmentpart of the opening scene from a ghost story slash murder mysteyWeekly Sonnet 2009: A Long Farewellmandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-02-18T12:06:22-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_long_farewell.php#unique-entry-id-60http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_long_farewell.php#unique-entry-id-60A more cautious man my age might say A Long Farewell to certain excesses.]]>Michael Snidersonnet, poetrysome things a more cautious man my age might do Love's Exchange: A Valentinemandolin@mac.comOvillejoOccasional Verse2009-02-15T20:56:17-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/loves_exchange_a_valentine.php#unique-entry-id-59http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/loves_exchange_a_valentine.php#unique-entry-id-59Valentine’s Ovillejo for Krys]]>Mike Sniderovillejo, metrical, poetryA valentine ovillejo for Krys BakerJust Call Me Frankmandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-02-06T14:30:33-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/just_call_me_frank.php#unique-entry-id-58http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/just_call_me_frank.php#unique-entry-id-58Just Call Me Frank]]>Mike Snidersonnet, petrarchan, metrical, poetryA man meets a daughter he never knew he hadWabbling Back To the Firemandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-02-05T20:53:44-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wabbling_back_to_the_fire.php#unique-entry-id-57http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wabbling_back_to_the_fire.php#unique-entry-id-57Wabbling Back to the Fire]]>Michael Snidertriolet, trimetera trimeter trioletThis fellow knows better — or does he?Transformer Poemsmandolin@mac.comSonnetfree verse2009-02-01T21:15:14-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/transformer_poems.php#unique-entry-id-56http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/transformer_poems.php#unique-entry-id-56My Dog Ate My Sonnet]]>Mike Snidersonnet, free versetransformer poems -- from free verse to sonnetWeekly Sonnet 2009: January 20, 2009mandolin@mac.comSonnetOccasional Verse2009-01-22T19:07:07-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/january_20_2009.php#unique-entry-id-55http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/january_20_2009.php#unique-entry-id-55An Inaugural Sonnet for Barack Obama]]>Mike SnidersonnetInaugural Sonneta sonnet for Barack Obama's InaugurationIntroducing the Twinnetmandolin@mac.comTwinnet2009-01-17T09:10:23-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/introducing_the_twinnet.php#unique-entry-id-54http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/introducing_the_twinnet.php#unique-entry-id-54The twinnet, a form made just for Twitter]]>Mike Sniderpoetry rhyme metrical twittergo tweet yourselfa new verse form just for twitterWeekly Sonnet 2009: That Summermandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-01-07T22:49:47-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/that_summer.php#unique-entry-id-52http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/that_summer.php#unique-entry-id-52suggestions welcome!]]>Mike Snidersonnet poemFirst of a new series of weekly sonnetsRoundel: I Do All Rightmandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-10-20T11:05:28-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/152a1ff6c09c0244627dba3d7f8d46b0-51.php#unique-entry-id-51http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/152a1ff6c09c0244627dba3d7f8d46b0-51.php#unique-entry-id-51Roundel: I Do All Right. The text is here.]]>Petulant Musemandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-08-10T22:56:57-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/petulant_muse.php#unique-entry-id-50http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/petulant_muse.php#unique-entry-id-50NaPoWriMo 2008: Statementmandolin@mac.comPantoum2008-04-29T19:29:40-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Statement.php#unique-entry-id-49http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Statement.php#unique-entry-id-49It’s over, and Carol’s making her statement to the police. The text is different, and I hope improved, from what I posted in the forums.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Under the Gunmandolin@mac.comRondel2008-04-28T22:40:53-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Under%20the%20Gun.php#unique-entry-id-48http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Under%20the%20Gun.php#unique-entry-id-48Elaine and Jack in their final appearance]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Dear Readermandolin@mac.comHeroic Couplets2008-04-27T17:42:49-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Dear%20Reader.php#unique-entry-id-47http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Dear%20Reader.php#unique-entry-id-47A very late introduction.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: One Phone Callmandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-04-24T18:06:32-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/One%20Phone%20Call.php#unique-entry-id-46http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/One%20Phone%20Call.php#unique-entry-id-46Backfilling a hole in the plot: Jack calls his lawyer from jail.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: What Have I Done?mandolin@mac.comDouble Dactyl2008-04-23T21:50:55-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Have%20I%20Done.php#unique-entry-id-45http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Have%20I%20Done.php#unique-entry-id-45I almost made him Jack’s Mystery Catt]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Elaine in Ecstasymandolin@mac.comOvillejo2008-04-22T23:28:09-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Elaine%20in%20Ecstasy.php#unique-entry-id-44http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Elaine%20in%20Ecstasy.php#unique-entry-id-44An ovillejo, a tangled ball of yarn, from Elaine in Ecstasy]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: A Beautiful Friendshipmandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-04-21T22:17:50-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Beautiful%20Friendship.php#unique-entry-id-43http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Beautiful%20Friendship.php#unique-entry-id-43Jack has a chat with Hank.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: The End of Every Roadmandolin@mac.comTerzanelle2008-04-21T01:31:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/The%20End%20of%20Every%20Road.php#unique-entry-id-41http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/The%20End%20of%20Every%20Road.php#unique-entry-id-41Jack gets busy.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Elaine: My Sister's Heartmandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-04-21T01:22:50-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/My%20Sisters%20Heart.php#unique-entry-id-40http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/My%20Sisters%20Heart.php#unique-entry-id-40Elaine remembers her sister with Jack.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: 5 Summary Limericks, 2 Questionsmandolin@mac.comLimerick2008-04-17T22:33:01-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/5%20Summary%20Limericks%202%20Questions.php#unique-entry-id-39http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/5%20Summary%20Limericks%202%20Questions.php#unique-entry-id-39Just what is going on?]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Hard Rainmandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-04-16T22:01:09-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Hard%20Rain.php#unique-entry-id-38http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Hard%20Rain.php#unique-entry-id-38Carol and Sue share alarming news in their first real conversation in years.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: sevenling (by now)mandolin@mac.comSevenling2008-04-15T22:57:13-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sevenling%20by%20now.php#unique-entry-id-37http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sevenling%20by%20now.php#unique-entry-id-37For first time, we hear Elaine, in a sevenling.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Legal Beaglemandolin@mac.comDizain2008-04-14T18:13:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Legal%20Beagle.php#unique-entry-id-35http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Legal%20Beagle.php#unique-entry-id-35A visit for consultation]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: What Are the Odds?mandolin@mac.comNonce2008-04-13T22:16:39-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Are%20The%20Odds.php#unique-entry-id-34http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Are%20The%20Odds.php#unique-entry-id-34A confident Jack]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Two and Two Togethermandolin@mac.comDizain2008-04-12T23:03:24-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Two%20and%20Two%20Together.php#unique-entry-id-33http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Two%20and%20Two%20Together.php#unique-entry-id-33Sue's brain starts working starts working in my first dizain.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Carol Looks for Helpmandolin@mac.comAwdl Gywydd2008-04-12T00:26:39-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Carol%20Looks%20for%20Help.php#unique-entry-id-32http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Carol%20Looks%20for%20Help.php#unique-entry-id-32Carol Looks for Help from the wrong man.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Don't Mess with Helenmandolin@mac.comPushkin Stanza2008-04-11T09:20:54-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Helen%20Makes%20Things%20Clear.php#unique-entry-id-31http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Helen%20Makes%20Things%20Clear.php#unique-entry-id-31Best friends forever]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Like Clockworkmandolin@mac.comNonce2008-04-09T21:34:00-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Like%20Clockwork.php#unique-entry-id-30http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Like%20Clockwork.php#unique-entry-id-30A conspiracy revealed ...]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Sue, in a Corner Boothmandolin@mac.comPushkin StanzaSonnet2008-04-08T19:58:19-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Sue%20in%20a%20Corner%20Booth.php#unique-entry-id-29http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Sue%20in%20a%20Corner%20Booth.php#unique-entry-id-29Jack doesn’t realize that Sue, in a Corner Booth, is listening while he tries to claim his hundred dollars.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Who Was Her Guidemandolin@mac.comDouble Dactyl2008-04-07T15:38:33-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Who%20Was%20Her%20Guide.php#unique-entry-id-28http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Who%20Was%20Her%20Guide.php#unique-entry-id-28Jack just can't resist boasting a little.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: So Sweetmandolin@mac.comOvillejo2008-04-06T22:15:19-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/So%20Sweet.php#unique-entry-id-27http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/So%20Sweet.php#unique-entry-id-27It seems that Jack has won his bet.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Except for Suemandolin@mac.comVillanelle2008-04-05T19:58:08-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Except_for_Sue.php#unique-entry-id-26http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Except_for_Sue.php#unique-entry-id-26They're all the same for Jack, Except for Sue]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Jack's Bragging Songmandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-04-04T18:02:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Bragging%20Song%20from%20Jack.php#unique-entry-id-25http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Bragging%20Song%20from%20Jack.php#unique-entry-id-25He likes himself very much, so here's his Jack's Bragging Song]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: It Stinksmandolin@mac.comRondeau Redouble2008-04-03T23:37:41-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/It%20Stinks.php#unique-entry-id-24http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/It%20Stinks.php#unique-entry-id-24 Jack’s wife Sue gets her first turn in this rondeau redouble.]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: High Stakesmandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-04-03T01:09:18-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/High%20Stakes.php#unique-entry-id-23http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/High%20Stakes.php#unique-entry-id-23High Stakes]]>NaPoWriMo 2008: Caughtmandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-04-01T22:34:29-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/2008%20NaPoWriMo%20--%20Caught.php#unique-entry-id-21http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/2008%20NaPoWriMo%20--%20Caught.php#unique-entry-id-21Caught]]>The Vedanta - Invocationmandolin@mac.comTerza RimaThe Vedanta2008-02-16T13:04:03-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Vedanta_Invocation.php#unique-entry-id-20http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Vedanta_Invocation.php#unique-entry-id-20Every poets needs help from time to time, so here's the Vedanta_Invocation.]]>Open Micmandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-02-10T20:57:52-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Open%20Mic.php#unique-entry-id-18http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Open%20Mic.php#unique-entry-id-18OpenMic]]>Some Strangermandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-02-07T22:31:48-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Some%20Stranger.php#unique-entry-id-17http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Some%20Stranger.php#unique-entry-id-1744 Sonnets:SomeStranger]]>Chief Marie Smith Jonesmandolin@mac.comVillanelleABC Villanelle2008-02-02T14:22:08-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Chief%20Marie%20Smith%20Jones.php#unique-entry-id-16http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Chief%20Marie%20Smith%20Jones.php#unique-entry-id-16An ABC villanelle (tip of the hat to the Old Mole, Tad Richards) for the last native speaker of Eyak, Chief Marie Smith Jones]]>Fragment From The Vedantamandolin@mac.comTerza RimaThe Vedanta2008-01-27T20:56:55-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/fragment_from_the_vedanta.php#unique-entry-id-14http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/fragment_from_the_vedanta.php#unique-entry-id-14VedantaFragment]]>Alone in Bedmandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-01-16T21:54:02-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Alone%20in%20Bed.php#unique-entry-id-13http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Alone%20in%20Bed.php#unique-entry-id-13AloneInBed]]>Triolet For a Bad Coldmandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-01-08T19:26:32-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Triolet%20For%20a%20Bad%20Cold.php#unique-entry-id-12http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Triolet%20For%20a%20Bad%20Cold.php#unique-entry-id-12TrioletForABadCold]]>This Morning's Manmandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-01-05T19:09:42-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/this_mornings_man.php#unique-entry-id-11http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/this_mornings_man.php#unique-entry-id-11ThisMornngsMan]]>For My Love, On the Winter Solsticemandolin@mac.comVillanelle2007-12-23T21:41:38-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ForMyLoveOntheWinterSolstice.php#unique-entry-id-10http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ForMyLoveOntheWinterSolstice.php#unique-entry-id-10For My Love, On the Winter Solstice]]>Before We Kissedmandolin@mac.comOvillejo2007-12-10T22:43:45-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/beforewekissed.php#unique-entry-id-9http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/beforewekissed.php#unique-entry-id-9I read my new ovillejo to Krys, Before We Kissed]]>Mike Sniderovillejo6 Variations On a Listless Epigrammandolin@mac.comEpigram2007-09-15T20:22:40-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/6VariationsOnAListlessEpigram.php#unique-entry-id-5http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/6VariationsOnAListlessEpigram.php#unique-entry-id-5I have left undone those things which I ought to have done …]]>A Trimeter Trioletmandolin@mac.comTriolet2007-09-05T23:55:48-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ShesOutTheDoor.php#unique-entry-id-4http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ShesOutTheDoor.php#unique-entry-id-4